1、Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land课时素养检测十四Unit 4Period 2. 阅读理解A If you are planning on traveling, there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey. First of all, always check and double check departure (出发) time. It is surprising how few people really do t
2、his carefully. Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10: 50. When I arrived at the airport, the person at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hou
3、rs for the next one and missed an important meeting. The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards (信用卡), it is still important to have some local money in cash (现金). Once I arrived at a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel
4、was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead. “Listen! I only take real money! ” the driver said angrily. You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment. The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you
5、 leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day. 【语篇概述】本文为说明文, 主要介绍了如何做好旅行的准备工作。1. Where is the wr
6、iter most probably from? A. Britain. B. The USA. C. Italy. D. Greece. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段的“when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester”和第三段中的“I offered to pay in pounds instead. ”可知A为正确选项。2. When the writer found he had no dollars to pay the taxi driver, he _. A. asked the driver to give hi
7、m a free rideB. offered to pay in poundsC. gave the driver some fake (假的) moneyD. tried to pay by credit card【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段的“I offered to pay in pounds instead. ”可知。3. Generally, in May the weather in London is _. A. warm and dry B. cold and dryC. hot and wet D. cool and rainy【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段
8、的“heavy suits and raincoats”可知D为正确选项。4. The writer mainly tells us _. A. how to make life easierB. how to be well prepared for a tripC. how to enjoy ourselves on the tripD. how to schedule our trip【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文作者通过自身经历介绍了如何为旅行做好准备。B(2020广州高二检测)Deep in the islands on the Andaman Sea, and along the
9、west coast of Thailand live small tribes called the Moken people, also known as sea-nomads (海上牧民). Their children spend much of their day in the sea, diving for food. They are uniquely adapted to this jobbecause they can see underwater. And it turns out that with a little practice, their unique visi
10、on might be accessible to any young person. In 1999, Anna Gislen at the University of Lund, in Sweden was delving different aspects of vision, when a colleague suggested that she might be interested in studying the unique characteristics of the Moken tribe. Gislen and her six-year old daughter trave
11、lled to Thailand and lived within the Moken communities, who mostly lived on houses sat upon poles. Gislen set up an experiment to test just how good the childrens underwater vision really was. The kids were excited about joining in. The kids had to dive underwater and place their heads onto a panel
12、(表盘). From there they could see a card displaying quite a few lines. Once they had stared at the card, they came back to the surface to report where the lines travelled. Each time they dived down, the lines would get thinner, making the task harder. It turned out that the Moken children were able to
13、 see twice as well as European children who performed the same experiment at a later date. Gislen figured that in order to see clearly underwater, the Moken children must have either picked up some adaptation that completely changed the way their eyes worked, or they had learned to use their eyes di
14、fferently underwater. 【语篇概述】 本文是一篇社会文化类阅读, 属于说明文。文章主要讲述了被称作“海上牧民”的莫肯人, 他们的孩子稍加训练就会有奇特的视力, 能够在海底看到东西。5. Why are the Moken people known as sea-nomads? A. Because they live on the coast of the Andaman Sea. B. Because they like to dive into the sea to play. C. Because they depend on the sea for food. D.
15、 Because they raise sea animals themselves. 【解析】选C。 推理判断题。根据第一段“. . . also known as sea-nomads. Their children spend much of their day in the sea, diving for food”可知, 他们被称为“海上牧民”, 因为白天大部分时间孩子们都在海里寻找食物。6. What does the underlined word “delving” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean? A. Doing research on.
16、 B. Showing interest in. C. Taking care of. D. Catching sight of. 【解析】选A。 词义推测题。根据下文的“. . . she might be interested in studying the unique characteristics of the Moken tribe”以及下文她所做的实验可知, 该词的意思应该是“研究”。 7. What did the children report when they came back to the surface? A. The number of lines they sa
17、w underwater. B. The direction in which the lines travelled. C. How much thinner the lines had become. D. Whether the lines were straight or not. 【解析】选B。 细节理解题。根据第四段“Once they had stared at the card, they came back to the surface to report where the lines travelled”可知, 孩子们应该说明线运行的方向。 8. What could b
18、e the best title for the text? A. Children who can see underwaterB. People who depend on the sea for foodC. People who live on houses sat upon polesD. Children who change the way their eyes develop【解析】选A。 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了被称作“海上牧民”的莫肯人, 他们的孩子稍加训练就会有奇特的视力, 能够在海底看到东西。 . 完形填空A surveillance (监视) video has b
19、ecome a hit on social media. In the video, cars and taxis in a 1 tunnel (隧道) in Yichang, Hubei Province, are giving 2 to an ambulance. It was on Monday night. The ambulance was trapped in the traffic jam 3 after entering the Dongshan Tunnel at 7: 46 pm. But when hearing the 4 of the ambulance, many
20、cars and taxis ahead 5 and moved to the sides to make way. The ambulance, carrying a patient in need of a(n) 6 operation, soon passed through the tunnel by the “life channel” 7 by the car drivers. 8 the “life channel”, the patient was sent to the hospital in time and got 9 treatments. He and his fam
21、ily 10 their deep appreciation to all the people who had made way for the ambulance on the way it had been driven 11. The ambulance 12 said that if the car drivers hadnt given way, he couldnt 13 how long it would have taken him to make it through and how 14 it would have been for the patient. “I usu
22、ally see such kind 15 on TV. But when it happened in front of my eyes, I was greatly touched, ” he said. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文, 主要讲述了在晚上堵车的隧道里, 司机们主动为救护车让出车道, 从而使需要急救的病人得以及时医治的感人故事。1. A. narrowB. crowdedC. longD. wide【解析】选B。上下文语境题。根据下文中的“The ambulance was trapped in the traffic jam _after entering the Dong
23、shan Tunnel at 7: 46 pm. ”可知, 当时隧道里交通拥挤(crowded)。2. A. petrolB. lifeC. wayD. light【解析】选C。上下文语境题。根据下文中的“But when hearing the _of the ambulance, many cars and taxis ahead _and moved to the sides to make way. ”可推知, 当时隧道里的其他车辆听到救护车的声音就为它让路。give way (to sb. /sth. )“给让路”, 故选C。3. A. shortlyB. frequentlyC.
24、obviouslyD. swiftly【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。结合空后的“at 7: 46 pm”可推知, 救护车出行时间正值交通高峰期, 因此进入隧道不久(shortly)就遭遇了堵车。4. A. whistleB. shoutC. screamD. yell【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据空前的“hearing”可推知, 当时隧道里的其他车辆听到救护车的汽笛声, 纷纷让道。whistle“汽笛声”, 故选A。5. A. speededB. acceleratedC. slowedD. stopped【解析】选C。上下文语境题。由上文中的“the traffic jam”可知, 当时隧道很拥
25、堵, 由此可推知, 许多车辆放慢速度并移动到一侧为其让路。6. A. ordinaryB. authenticC. generalD. emergency【解析】选D。上下文语境题。根据语境可推知, 救护车上的病人情况紧急, 需要做急救手术。故选D。7. A. designedB. constructedC. createdD. owned【解析】选C。上下文语境题。根据上文中的“But when hearing the _of the ambulance, many cars and taxis ahead _and moved to the sides to make way. ”可知,
26、这一“救生通道”是由隧道里的汽车司机们创造(created)出来的。8. A. Thanks toB. Compared withC. Apart fromD. But for【解析】选A。固定搭配题。根据语境可知, 前后句表示逻辑上的因果关系, 前因后果。Thanks to“由于”符合语境, 故选A。compare with“与比较”; apart from“除了外”; but for“要不是”。9. A. cautiousB. entireC. extremeD. timely【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据上文中的“the patient was sent to the hospital
27、in time”并结合语境可推知, 病人被及时送到医院, 得到了及时的(timely)治疗。10. A. returnedB. adoptedC. conveyedD. announced【解析】选C。上下文语境题。根据上文内容可知, 病人得到了及时的治疗, 故此处应是那个病人和他的家人对所有让路的司机表达了(conveyed)深深的感激。11. A. alongB. togetherC. overD. around【解析】选A。上下文语境题。根据空前的“on the way it had been driven”可推知, 此处表示救护车一路开过去。12. A. doctorB. chemis
28、tC. driverD. guard【解析】选C。上下文语境题。结合下文中的“he couldnt _how long it would have taken him to make it through. . . the patient”可推知, 此处指的是救护车司机(driver)所说的话。13. A. imagineB. calculateC. evaluateD. realize【解析】选A。上下文语境题。根据语境可推知, 此处表示他难以想象他本应该花多长时间才能穿过隧道。14. A. easyB. seriousC. happyD. sorrowful【解析】选B。上下文语境题。根据
29、语境可知, 如果救护车被交通堵塞所耽误, 那么车上需要急救的病人的情况将会变得很严重(serious)。15. A. performanceB. movementC. activityD. behavior【解析】选D。上下文语境题。根据上文可知, 处于交通堵塞中的司机们为救护车让路是一种善举。behavior“行为”符合语境。【技法导练】利用“生活常识和文化背景”破解完形填空题完形填空的语篇中往往渗透着相关的如文化科学、历史地理、风俗民情等方面的知识。考生在做题时, 若能积极地调动自己的文化背景知识和生活常识, 巧妙地加以运用, 特别是注意中西方文化的差异, 将会大大简化复杂的分析与判断过程
30、, 从而节省宝贵的时间, 作出正确的选择。语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The capital city of Republic of Korea, Seoul, is putting up 300 new street signs with the purpose of 1. _ (warn) pedestrians about the dangers of walking while absorbed in their smartphones. The first signs have been at five locations in the
31、hope 2. _ theyll stop “smartphone sleepwalkers” in their tracks. One sign at a major traffic crossroad shows a person staring at a hand-held device (设备), 3. _ (complete) unaware of the danger of being hit by a car. While some signs 4. _ (attach) to traffic light poles, others are on the pavement in
32、order to attract those looking down 5. _ their mobile devices. But some locals arent sure whether those signs will work. One man points out that “most people 6. _ are using their phones on the street arent going to be able to see them”. More than 1000 smartphone-related traffic collisions were recor
33、ded in Republic of Korea in 2014, 7. _ (compare) to 437 such incidents in 2009. Republic of Korea has one of the 8. _ (high) smartphone ownership rate in the world, but like many Asian countries it has also been trying to handle rising levels of 9. _ (addict) to the devices. While Seouls innovation
34、(创新) is government-funded, two Swedish artists 10. _ (have) a similar idea late last year, putting up unofficial smartphone warning signs in Stockholm. 【语篇概述】 本文是一篇说明文。介绍现在发生在韩国首尔的一个针对在街道上玩手机的现象所采取的竖立特殊标志的措施, 并且介绍实施此项措施的原因及作用。1. 【解析】warning。 考查词性转换。在介词之后用动名词形式, 故填warning。 2. 【解析】that。 考查连词在名词之后, 解释说
35、明名词的内容, 从句中不缺少成分, 故用that引导同位语从句。 3. 【解析】completely。 考查词性转换。此处是用来修饰unaware, 修饰形容词只能是副词, 故填completely。 4. 【解析】are attached。 考查动词。此处是指这些指示牌被安在交通灯上, 应用被动形式, 故填are attached。 5. 【解析】at。 考查介词。此处look为不及物动词, 介词用at。 6. 【解析】who/that。 考查关系代词。此处是代指前面的那些人, 故填who或者that, 并在从句中作主语。 7. 【解析】compared。 考查非谓语动词。compared to 与相比, 作状语, 故填compared。 8. 【解析】highest。 考查形容词。此处是指最高的之一, 因此用最高级形式, 故填highest。 9. 【解析】addiction。 考查名词。此处是在of后面, 表示沉迷于手机设备, 因此是将动词变为名词, 故填addiction。 10. 【解析】had。 考查时态。此处是指两名瑞典艺术家去年的行为, 用过去式, 故填had。
